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The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work

Traxidy

The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work By: Steve McBroom, Founder, Traxidy (Click to follow me on LinkedIn) In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? You may have the practical experience to support your beliefs.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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AI Assistants for Project Managers

Leading Answers

Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? June was Technology month at Project Management.com, and there have been a few articles about AI taking away project management jobs. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help with these tasks and many more.

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The Best Project Management Software for 2019

Teamweek

Blame technology. Technology has allowed businesses and organizations of all sizes to produce goods and services that would have been impossible 10 years ago. The problem is that not enough companies are advancing their project management strategy at the same time as they advance their other tech. Apply cool filters?

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Project Management Software Comparison: A Strategic View

The Strategic Project Manager

And there are different approaches to analyzing software, such as the Gartner approach used in this blog’s Celoxis Project Management Software Review. Due to costs, logistics, and the way certain technical features coexist with others, vendors need to focus – and differentiate – in some way.